16_split_Introduction to Algorithms 2nd Edition - Preface...

PrefacexvTo the professionalThe wide range of topics in this book makes it an excellent handbook on algo-rithms. Because each chapter is relatively self-contained, you can focus in on thetopics that most interest you.Most of the algorithms we discuss have great practical utility.We thereforeaddress implementation concerns and other engineering issues. We often providepractical alternatives to the few algorithms that are primarily of theoretical interest.If you wish to implement any of the algorithms, you will find the translation ofour pseudocode into your favorite programming language a fairly straightforwardtask. The pseudocode is designed to present each algorithm clearly and succinctly.Consequently, we do not address error-handling and other software-engineering is-sues that require specific assumptions about your programming environment. Weattempt to present each algorithm simply and directly without allowing the idiosyn-crasies of a particular programming language to obscure its essence.

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